Pretty Much Pop: A Culture Podcast
By Mark Linsenmayer
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A philosopher, an actor, and a sci-fi writer talk about media and how we consume it.
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PMP#173: Cowboy Beyoncé? (Cross-Genre Music)
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May 20, 2024 |
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PMP#172: Curb Larry David’s Shtick
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May 01, 2024 |
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PMP-NEM Crossover: Head vs. Gut Songwriting w/ Roger Joseph Manning Jr., David Christian, Rachel Taylor Brown
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Apr 18, 2024 |
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PMP#171: The Traitors – A Multi-National Reality Game Show Phenom
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Apr 13, 2024 |
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PMP#170: Poor Things and Other Yorgos
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Mar 21, 2024 |
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PMP#169: Doctor Who? (When?)
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Mar 07, 2024 |
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PMP#168: Writing Women’s Fiction w/ Kathryn Leigh Scott
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Feb 23, 2024 |
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PMP#167: “May December” and Other Docudramas
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Feb 08, 2024 |
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PMP#166: Miyazaki’s Anime Dreamscapes
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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PMP#165: Jewish Comedy w/ Daniel Lobell
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Jan 11, 2024 |
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PMP#164: Muppets, esp. Their Xmas Carol
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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PMP#163: Marvel Fatigue?
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Dec 10, 2023 |
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PMP#162: Poe Flavoring Upon the House of Usher
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Nov 21, 2023 |
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PMP#161: Revisiting “The Exorcist”
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Oct 31, 2023 |
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PMP#160: Mvto to “Reservation Dogs”
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Oct 20, 2023 |
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PMP#159: Watching “How To with John Wilson”
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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PMP#158: “Oppenheimer” and Other Christopher Nolan Films
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Sep 21, 2023 |
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PMP#157: The Function of a Pop Culture Podcast
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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PMP#156: Black Mirror’s Tech Horrors
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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PMP#155: Existentialist Barbie
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Aug 10, 2023 |
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PMP#154: Indiana Jones and the Various MacGuffins
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Jul 24, 2023 |
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PMP#153: Kids’ Films, Adult Messages
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Jul 11, 2023 |
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PMP#152: BELIEVE in Ted Lasso
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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PMP#151: Everybody’s Talkin’ ‘Bout “Succession”
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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PMP#150: Dark Shadows w/ Kathryn Leigh Scott
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Jun 04, 2023 |
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PMP#149: Rocky and Creed
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May 17, 2023 |
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PMP#148: Resource Management Video Games
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Apr 24, 2023 |
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PMP#147: Nostalgic Mysteries (Knives Out, Poker Face) from Rian Johnson
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Apr 01, 2023 |
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PMP#146: Black Panther Films and Comics
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Mar 12, 2023 |
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PMP#145: Growing Up Sitcommed
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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PMP#144: Androids and Us
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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PMP#143: Pinocchio the Unfilmable (Yet Frequently Filmed)
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Jan 26, 2023 |
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PMP#142: Lyric Literality w/ Dave Philpott
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Jan 13, 2023 |
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PMP#141: Christmas Songs
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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PMP#140: First Nations Culture w/ John Beaubien
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Dec 17, 2022 |
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PMP#139: The Sandman Cometh
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Dec 02, 2022 |
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PMP#138: What Are “Creatives”?
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Nov 18, 2022 |
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PMP#137: Slashing the “Halloween” Film Franchise
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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PMP#136: Nathan Fielder’s “The Rehearsal”
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Nov 01, 2022 |
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PMP#135: The Breaking Bad-O-Verse
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Oct 18, 2022 |
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PMP#134: Unpopular Music Genre Fandom
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Oct 07, 2022 |
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PMP#133: Predator (Films) and Prey
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Sep 23, 2022 |
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PMP#132: “Too Soon” in Comedy?
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Sep 08, 2022 |
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PMP#131: Hope for Jordan Peele’s “Nope”
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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PMP#130: CODA and Deaf Culture
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Aug 09, 2022 |
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PMP#129: Wherefore the Cover Song?
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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PMP#128: Jurassic Shlock
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Jul 12, 2022 |
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PMP#127: You Down with Downton Abbey?
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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PMP#126: Political Sci-Fi in “The Expanse”
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Jun 17, 2022 |
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PMP#125: The Dramatics of “This Is Us”
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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PMP#124: What Is Batman?
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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PMP#123: We Are All Jackass
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May 20, 2022 |
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PMP#122: Maus Shows the Tragic Via Comics
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May 04, 2022 |
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PMP#121: Protesting Protest Songs
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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PMP#120: Dexter the Loveable Serial Killer
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Apr 08, 2022 |
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PMP#119: Disgraced Artists Like Cosby
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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PMP#118: Adapting Agatha Christie
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Mar 08, 2022 |
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PMP#117: Roguelikes Like Hades
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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PMP#116: Good Grief! Peanuts Persists
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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PMP#115: So-Called Greatest Albums
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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PMP#114: The “West Side Story” Story
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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PMP#113: The Matrix Regurgitated
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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PMP#112: Class Critiques in Squid Game, Succession, etc.
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Dec 21, 2021 |
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PMP#111: Our Beatles Love-Fest
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Dec 09, 2021 |
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PMP#110: The Dune Franchise Tries Again
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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PMP#109: Dueling in Film
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Nov 11, 2021 |
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PMP#108: Board Game Ideology
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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PMP#107: Cult Bands and Cultish Fans
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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PMP#106: Stand-Up Comedy in the Internet Age
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Sep 28, 2021 |
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PMP#105: The Death of Soap Operas (Is Greatly Exaggerated)
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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PMP#104: King Arthur Reigns O’er Pop Culture
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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PMP#103: Queering Video Games w/ Naomi Clark
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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Introducing Philosophy vs. Improv
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Aug 13, 2021 |
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PMP#102: What the Pop!? Season 1 Wrap-Up
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Aug 03, 2021 |
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PMP#101: The “Conjuring” Retroverse
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Jul 27, 2021 |
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PMP#100: Directing Comedies w/ Heather Fink
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Jul 21, 2021 |
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PMP#99: The Music of Your Youth w/ Jon Lamoreaux (The Hustle podcast)
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Jul 13, 2021 |
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PMP#98: The Spirit of Captain America w/ Anthony LeBlanc
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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PMP#97: The Girl in the Wooder: Our Mare of Easttown Show!
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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PMP#96: Modernizing D&D w/ Amanda McLoughlin (Join the Party)
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Jun 18, 2021 |
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PMP#95: “The Nevers” With a Side of Whedon
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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PMP#94: Psychology of Video Game Engagement w/ Jamie Madigan
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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PMP#93: Made for Love (and other Silicon Villainy)
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May 27, 2021 |
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Bonus: PMP#92 Aftertalk with Hello from the Magic Tavern’s Matt Young
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May 18, 2021 |
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PMP#92: Collectibles and Collecting w/ Matt Young
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May 11, 2021 |
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PMP#91: Pet Culture w/ Trainer Hannah Branigan
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May 04, 2021 |
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PMP-Partially Examined Life Crossover: Neil Postman’s “Amusing Ourselves to Death”
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Apr 27, 2021 |
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PMP#90: Godzilla vs. Kong vs. All the Kaiju!
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Apr 20, 2021 |
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PMP#89: The Chicago 7 (and the Aaron Sorkinverse)
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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PMP#88: Indie Animation w/ Benjamin Goldman
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Apr 06, 2021 |
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PMP#87: Female Buddy Comedies w/ Erica’s Female Buddy Micah Greene
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Apr 01, 2021 |
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PMP#86: What Irish Means w/ Black 47’s Larry Kirwan
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Mar 23, 2021 |
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Bonus-PMP#85 Aftertalk w/ Rolando (And More TV You Are Missing)
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Mar 16, 2021 |
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PMP#85: What the WandaVision!? w/ Rolando Nieves
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Mar 09, 2021 |
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PMP#84: Musician Memoirs w/ Laura Davis-Chanin
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Mar 03, 2021 |
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PMP#83: Disabled and Other-Abled Representation w/ Kayla Dryesse
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Feb 24, 2021 |
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PMP#82: Cobra Kai and the Karate Kids
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Feb 18, 2021 |
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PMP#81: Radio vs. Podcasting w/ Jason Bentley
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Feb 10, 2021 |
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PMP#80: Reliving Groundhog Day (and Palm Springs, Russian Doll, etc.)
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Feb 02, 2021 |
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PMP#79: The Fargo Formula w/ Tamler Sommers (Very Bad Wizards Crossover)
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Jan 27, 2021 |
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PMP#78: Chess Is Having a Moment w/ J.J. Lang
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Jan 20, 2021 |
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PMP#77: The Big Screen Experience
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Jan 13, 2021 |
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PMP#76: Wonder Women (84 and Others) w/ Vi Burlew
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Jan 06, 2021 |
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PMP#75: Our Great British Baking Show w/ Stephen Carlile
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Dec 29, 2020 |
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Mark Lint’s PEL Network Holiday Party 2020: Merry Chatting and Songs
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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PMP#74: Micro Comedy w/ Tiffany Topol
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Dec 22, 2020 |
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PMP#73: Beloved Bad Films w/ Manos’ Jackey Neyman Jones
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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PMP#72: Comic Book Supremacy w/ Fred Van Lente
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Dec 08, 2020 |
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PMP#71: Rap Battles w/ Sacrifice (Tyler Hislop)
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Dec 02, 2020 |
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PMP#70: RISKy Confessional Comedy w/ Kevin Allison
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Nov 24, 2020 |
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PMP#69: Story Songs w/ Rod Picott
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Nov 17, 2020 |
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PMP#68: Raised by Wolves: Biblical Sci-Fi
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Nov 11, 2020 |
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PMP#67: Borat Pod Show! Very Nice! With Aaron David Gleason
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Nov 04, 2020 |
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PMP#66: Scary Movies w/ Nathan Shelton
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Oct 28, 2020 |
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PMP#65: Cosmic Satire w/ “Bill & Ted” Writer Chris Matheson
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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PMP#64: The Last of Us: The Best Movies We Ever Played
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Oct 13, 2020 |
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PMP#63: Superhero Ethics (and The Boys) w/ Travis Smith
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Oct 06, 2020 |
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PMP#62: Mulan Re-Disneyfield w/ Michael Tow
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Sep 29, 2020 |
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PMP#61: Philosophy of Photography w/ Amir Zaki
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Sep 24, 2020 |
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PMP#60: Manga 101 w/ Deborah Shamoon
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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PMP#59: David Lynch’s Popular Surrealism
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Sep 08, 2020 |
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PMP Aftertalk Clip Show 2020
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Sep 02, 2020 |
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PMP#58: “TAYLOR SWIFT RULES!” (Conversation with a Swiftie)
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Aug 26, 2020 |
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PMP#57: Back to the Damn Arena – The Hunger Games Prequel
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Aug 18, 2020 |
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PMP#56: Black + Nerd = BLERD w/ Anthony LeBlanc
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Aug 11, 2020 |
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PMP#55: Food as Pop w/ Thi Nguyen
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Aug 05, 2020 |
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PMP#54: The Genius(?) of Rick and Morty
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Jul 29, 2020 |
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PMP#53: The Hamilton Phenomenon w/ Sam Simahk
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Jul 22, 2020 |
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PMP#52: The Twilight Zone from Serling to Peele
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Jul 14, 2020 |
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PMP#51: Pictures Telling Stories w/ Joseph Watson
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Jul 08, 2020 |
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PMP#50: MJ’s Last Dance w/ Seth Paskin
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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PMP#49: Conspiracy Theories as Pop w/ Al Baker
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Jun 23, 2020 |
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PMP#48: The Arts in Reality TV w/ Skin Wars’ Robin Slonina
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Jun 16, 2020 |
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PMP#47: Sitcom Premises: Genius, Bonkers and Otherwise
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Jun 09, 2020 |
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PMP#46: “Casual” Games with Diner Dash’s Nick Fortugno
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Jun 02, 2020 |
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PMP#45: Film Riffing with MST3K’s Mary Jo Pehl
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May 27, 2020 |
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PMP#44: Local News w/ Deion Broxton
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May 19, 2020 |
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PMP#43: The Korean Wave w/ Suzie Oh
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May 12, 2020 |
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PMP#42: Star Trek Lives Long and Prospers (Intermittently)
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May 06, 2020 |
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PMP#41: Made-for-TV Musicals w/ Craig Wedren
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Apr 29, 2020 |
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PMP#40: #MeToo Depictions in TV and Film
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Apr 21, 2020 |
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PMP#39: TV and Other Plans in Subjunctive Stasis
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Apr 14, 2020 |
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PMP#38: Costuming w/ Whitney Anne Adams
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Apr 08, 2020 |
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PMP#37: Everything is LEGO
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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PMP#36: Criticism w/ Noah Berlatsky
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Mar 25, 2020 |
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PMP#35: Video Game Storytelling w/ Donald Marshall
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Mar 17, 2020 |
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Bonus-PMP#34 Part 2 w/ Adal Rifai: Escape Rooms & Podcasting
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Mar 10, 2020 |
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PMP#34: Escape Rooms and Other Puzzlers w/ Adal Rifai
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Mar 04, 2020 |
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PMP#33: The Heroine’s Journey w/ Vi Burlew
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Feb 27, 2020 |
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PMP#32: Judging “The Good Place”
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Feb 19, 2020 |
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PMP#31: Robin Williams’ Celebrity Struggles w/ Dave Itzkoff
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Feb 12, 2020 |
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PMP#30: Why Every Film Will Win the Oscar! (A Debate)
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Feb 05, 2020 |
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PMP#29: Martin Scorsese the Auteur w/ Colin Marshall
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Jan 29, 2020 |
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PMP#28: The Alpha Female Trope w/ Margaret Colin
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Jan 22, 2020 |
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PMP#27: For the Love of Star Wars
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Jan 15, 2020 |
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PMP#26: We Watch “Watchmen” w/ David Pizarro
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Jan 08, 2020 |
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PMP#25: Sports as Pop w/ Sportscaster Dave Revsine
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Jan 02, 2020 |
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PMP#24: Christmas Viewing: What’s Canon?
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Dec 21, 2019 |
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PMP#23: The Singer Not the Song w/ Ken Stringfellow
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Dec 17, 2019 |
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PMP#22: Untangling Time Travel
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Dec 10, 2019 |
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PMP#21: Role-Playing Video Games
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Dec 03, 2019 |
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NOT PMP#21: Mark’s Thanksgiving Fireside Chat
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Nov 26, 2019 |
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PMP#20: Improv Comedy w/ Tim Sniffen
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Nov 19, 2019 |
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PMP#19: Race and the Target Audience w/ Rodney Ramsey
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Nov 13, 2019 |
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PMP#18: Stephen King’s Media Empire
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Nov 05, 2019 |
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PMP#17: Comedy as Philosophy w/ Daniel Lobell
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Oct 29, 2019 |
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PMP#16: 25 Years After FRIENDS
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Oct 22, 2019 |
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PMP#15: Opera As Pop
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Oct 15, 2019 |
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PMP#14: UFOs on TV with Investigative Journalist Paul Beban
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Oct 08, 2019 |
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PMP#13: TV Revivals Revived!
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Oct 01, 2019 |
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PMP#12: Once Upon a Tarantino Film
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Sep 24, 2019 |
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PMP#11: The Live Music Experience
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Sep 17, 2019 |
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PMP#10: The Handmaid’s Tale
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Sep 10, 2019 |
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PMP#9: Cartoons with Dee Bradley Baker (from Clone Wars, American Dad)
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Sep 03, 2019 |
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PMP#8: Spider-Man: Far From Home (and Elsewhere)
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Aug 27, 2019 |
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PMP#7: Native Representation w/ Jonathan Joss (King of the Hill, Parks & Rec)
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Aug 20, 2019 |
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PMP#6: Adults Playing Video Games
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Aug 13, 2019 |
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PMP#5: True Crime with Lucy Lawless
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Aug 06, 2019 |
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PMP#4: “Chernobyl” and the Art of Suffering
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Jul 30, 2019 |
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PMP#3: CONFORM w/ Yakov Smirnoff
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Jul 23, 2019 |
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PMP#2: Binge Watching
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Jul 16, 2019 |
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PMP#1: Pop Culture vs. High Culture
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Jul 09, 2019 |